What can I change on a Plato web site,once its been set up ?

This is an example of the administrator's maintenance page for a typical
Plato site. The Notes column does not appear on the actual maintenance
page but is here to give further explanation.

Item description

Notes

Items
with a blue background cannot be amended by the maintainer

Project ID:

A unique
identifier, generated by the system.

232

Name:

Appears
in the header block and the page title (browser title) on every page.

Short form of Name:(max 40 characters)

This is used in the Cookie path. Leave blank to use the full name above, truncated if necessary)

Byline:

Appears
after the Name, in smaller font.

anging_params.tpl

Parent site - URL:

This
is the URL of a parent site, if any. Leave blank if there is no parent
site.

Parent site - tag:

This
is a short name, for use as a link to the parent site. Leave blank
if there is no parent site. If this is supplied, the breadcrumbs (You
are here...) start with this tag. Otherwise the first entry is the
site's home page.

Frontpage text:

This
text appears on the home page at ALL levels. Text to appear at a certain
level only can be defined in subsequent sections.

Frontpage footer title:

A subheading
for the footer on every page.

Frontpage footer:

If omitted,
this and the sub-heading above are both omitted - there is no footer.

Website and Domain for mailing

These
are usually defaulted.

www.opengroup.org
opengroup.org

Document Root

This
must match the web server definition of the web site above.

/web/top/

One or two levels

This will indicate where there are public
and protected levels

There are distinct public and protected URLs

Path for top level (public) area

This
defaults to the corresponding URL above, and is usually the same,
unless URL alaises are used.

/web/top/member/chapters/australia

Path for all protected area

This
defaults to the corresponding URL above, and is usually the same,
unless URL alaises are used.

/web/top/member/chapters/australia/protected

URL for top level

This
is appended to the Website to form the start URL of the Plato site.

http://www.opengroup.org/australia-chapter

URL for all protected areas (gpj_url)

If there
are more than one level, all protected levels exist here. This is
always defined as the "protected" sub-directory of the "public"
level.

http://www.opengroup.org/australia-chapter/protected

Navbar gif/jpg filename:

If supplied, appears at the top of the navigation bar.
Must be an appropriate size.

/gifs/

Are documents split by category ?

The default is No. If YES, the document pane is split into multiple panes by category .

No
Yes

Can new category/status values be added by anyone ?

Default is YES. Setting to NO allows greater control and is useful if the document pane is split into multiple panes by category .

Yes
No

Are submissions moderated by an editor ?

Default is NO.

Yes
No

Is there a predefined default visibility level for new items?

Default is the current level.

Are News and Events hidden from the combined public view?

Default is NO. Select YES if you want news and events in the Playdough Event and Newsdesk

No
Yes

Visibility level 10 - "Project"

Level 10 tag:

This
is the mandatory level, which can always create/update items.

Frontpage text:
(Project ONLY)

This
text appears on the home page, at this level only, after the common
text.

This level can create/update items:

Defaults
to No at levels other than 10.

Yes
No

Access control lists for Project level

This
is a set of web-enabled mailing lists.

togstaff
rp_australia

Project mailing list

This
is the list displayed on the home page at this level (if the "Count
of emails" below is non-zero.

rp_australia

Front page layout

The count
fields show how many of that item is displayed on the home page. A
blank or zero supresses the entry entirely.

Count of news:

Count of events:

Delete events after:

days

Hide events after:

days in the past

Count of emails:

Count of documents:

Count of polls:

Count of actions:

Count of review documents:

Visibility level 20 - "Forum"

Level 20 tag:

This
is the first optional level.

Frontpage text:
(Forum level ONLY)

This level can create/update items:

Yes
No

Access control lists for Forum level

togstaff
rc_australia

Forum mailing list

rc_australia

Front page layout
(Blank to suppress)

Count of news:

Count of events:

Count of emails:

Count of documents:

Count of polls:

Count of actions:

Count of review documents:

Visibility level 30 - "Members"

This level is suppressed.

If initially suppressed, a level
can be un-suppressed by the setup team, if you supply the appropriate
data to define access control etc.

Visibility level 40 - "Public"

Level 40 tag:

Frontpage text:
(Public ONLY)

Public mailing list

Note
that this is suppressed. It can be un-suppressed by the setup team,
if you supply the appropriate information.

None .

Front page layout
(Blank to suppress)

Count of news:

Count of events:

Count of emails:

Count of documents:

Count of polls:

Count of actions:

Count of review documents:

Admin level

Mailing list for Admin facilities

togstaff

Text for front page headings

Actions

These
entries allow the headings on the home page to be modified

Documents

Events

E-Mail

News

Polls

Review documents

Text for individual items

Actions

These
entries allow the names of items such as 'Document' to be redefined, globally

Plural Singlular

Documents

Plural Singlular

Events

Plural Singlular

Glossary

Plural Singlular

News

Plural Singlular

Polls

Plural Singlular

Review Documents

Plural Singlular

Headings for Glossary Items

Key

These
entries allow the two or three elements of a Glossary item to be renamed

Text

Details(Set blank to omit this attribute)

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